Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-14
PERSONAL PlcKINes.

Gen. Boulanger's mother was Welsh
woman named Griffiths-
DR.. Theodore Mommsen, the historian, wiA
celebrate his roth birthday on the last day OF
November.
The three sons Of Gen. Q. S. Grant can ex
change hats without noticing the difference,
the size being 3-S
John Bright, in a recent letter, said that he
was not in favor OF wha, is called Labor
party in Parliament
The richest man in Vermont is said to be
Col Estey, of marlborough, who is worth
s, 500 600, all made in trade.
Ex-Premier Gibson says that as soon as his
health is sufficiently restored he will return
to the Sandwich Islands and devote the rest
Of his life to the welfare of the people.
Atlanta business men have given 10 MIR.
Henry W. Grady silver tea service worth
81 20. in appreciation of his services in con-
nection with the Piedmont exposition.
Governor Oglesby, of Illinois, was car
penter in early life, afterwards becoming
lawyer He fought in the Mexican war and
was one of the California gold diggers of ~
Joe Hurt. of Wyoming territory, enjoys
the distinction of having in the course OF hls
life ON the frontier killed over loo hostile In
dams, slaughtered 10000 antelope and about
5000 buffalo.
Washington Irving Bishop, whose mind
reading tricks were exposed last season both
in Boston and New York, has turned up In
San Francisco. He is at present slowly re
covering from an attack of epilepsy,
Senator Joe Blackburn, of Kentucky, is
said to have the most musical voice in con-
gress, Carlisle is noted for the argulnentative
nature of his speeches, voorhees, for pathos
and Edmunds for the calculation of law
points,
George Washington Augustus Jones, of
Mississippi, has given evidence of the SINGER
ity of his devotion to President Cleveland by
presenting him with the left hind foot of a
graveyard rabbit, killed "in the dark of the
moon,n
Chief Justice Waite, at the age of -, is the
most energetic member of the United States
supreme court, He Is the only one of the jus
tees who has not awaited himself of the act
of congress giving him a private secretary at
81, 500 year,
The pope has already received many jubi-
lee gifts, including ring from the sultan, a
splendid Sevres vase and inkstand from NJ.
Jules Ferry, Sevres vases from Marshal Mac
Mahon, and 100000 from the prior general
of the Carthusiansi
When jefferson Davis was in Macon, Ga.
Mr., Robert Haydn, of The Telegraph, made
him q present of new hat, and kept as a
memento the one which the ex-President OF
the Confederacy discarded, He has since
been offered 500 for the old hat, but refuses
to part with it,
The Hon. Benjamin Harris Brewster sold
his great law library to the University of
Pennsylvania because it was too large for
private use, and he wanted to have it where
it would do the most good He did not dis
pose OF it for financial reasons, nor because OF
any intention of retiring from the practice OF
his profession.
Ii Hung Chang, the viceroy of China, is
six feet tall, Is years old, well built, gray and
swarthy; his eyes are dark and piercing and
his teeth dark and uneven When receiving
American guests he wears gray Astrakhan
surtout with long, flowing sleeves, loose
silken trousers, felt shoes and a faring hai
with the button of his rank on the top and Il
peacock's feather sticking out behind.
The King of Dahomey is described as "a
tall, well built negro of about 10, dressed in
blue silk short gown reaching to his knees,
covered with silver half moons, stars and
quaint shaped spangles about the size of
half dollars. On his head he had a cap of
red velvet with gold lace, and the figures Of
a skull and cross bones in front. On his feet
were gold laced sandals. In his hand he held
scepter of solid gold surmounted by a red
skull"
The ex-king of Dude, who lately died at
Calcutta, was as particular about peatness
and cleanliness as the proverbial Dutch house
wife. II when walking in his gardens he
found a stray birds feather among the
flowers or few straws or wthered leaves
lying about, be would fine the gardener and
the Waterman of the day three days pay.
The same penalty was inflicted on any indoor
servants who left speck of dust or scrap of
litter about the palace, where floors, walls,
and furniture were being busted and cleaned
all day long